Vivekacoodamani – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : Slokam 34. - The Qualifications of a Guru : Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya.

-

 =================================================



==================================================

Saturday, January 15,  2022. 7:00. AM. 

VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life

PART 1: (Sloka-s 1-66, 66 No.)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.5.  APPROACHING ONE’S GURU 

Slokams :  32b-40, 9 No.

===================================================


Slokam 34: The Attitude of the Disciple


"1. tamaaraadhya gurum bhaktyaa 2. prahva prashraya sevanaih; 

3. prasannam tam anupraapya     4.  prichchhet jnaatavyam aatmanah."


----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Translation :


1. Tamaaraadhya gurum bhaktyaa    =  Such a preceptor, when worshipped with devotion,

2.  prahva prashraya sevanaih;         =  when with surrender, humility and service

3.  prasannam tam anupraapya         =  he is pleased, he should be approached

4.  prichchhet jnaatavyam aatmanah. =  and asked to explain that which has to be known.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Commentary :


1-2 After reaching such a Guru, what does the disciple do? He spends time to serve

him with humility and surrender at his holy feet. Living with such a high soul is itself an

education.


3-4 In due course, the student begins to understand and appreciate the great love

that his Guru always has for him. The student’s knots are untied. He opens himself to his

Guru. The Guru, too, has had time to observe the growth of his student. When the disciple

thus sees that the Guru is pleased, he chooses an appropriate moment to approach him . . .


“Guruji, can I ask something?”


“Yes, my child, what is it?”


And thus the most important dialogue ever in a disciple’s life is begun.


End.



Next - Slokam - 35 : The Disciple’s Prayer.


To be continued ....


==================================================

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Description of Vijnānamaya kośa and its negation(verses 184-188) :

-
Image
      Description of Vijnānamaya kośa and its negation(verses 184-188) : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 184. The intellect with its modifications along with the organs of perception form the intellectual-sheath (vignanamaya-kosa). It has the characteristics of ―the agent‖(or doer), which is the cause for transmigration. 185.  Accompanied by a reflection of the light of consciousness, the intellectual-sheath is a modification of Primordial Matter (Prakriti). It is endowed with the function of knowledge and action and is always completely identified with the body, sense-organs, etc. 186. It is without beginning, is of the nature of the ego (I-sense), and is called the embodied self, which carries out the entire range of activities on the relative plane. It performs good and evil actions according to its previous latent tendencies, and experiences their results. 187. It comes and goes, up and down, taking birth in various bodie
Read more

"Sense objects: a trap (verses 76-82)"

-
Image
  Sense objects: a trap (verses 76-82)   76. The deer, the elephant, the moth, the fish and the honey-bee---these five meet death because of their bondage to one of the five senses. What then is the condition of a person who is attached to all five?   77. Sense-objects are even more virulent in their tragic effects than a king cobra. Poison is fatal to one who swallows it, but the sense-objects kill him who merely looks at them. with his eyes.   78. One who is liberated from the terrible bonds of desires for sense-objects, so very difficult to renounce, is alone fit for liberation and none else, even if well-versed in all the six schools of philosophy.   79. Those who have only an apparent dispassion and are trying to cross the ocean of worldy existence are caught by their throats by the shark of desire which violently dragging them along, drowns them in the middle of the ocean.   80. He who slays the shark called ―sense-objects‖ with the sword of mature dispa
Read more

VIVEKACHOODAMANI – “The Crest-Jewel of Discrimination" : Verse 10 . - Sri Swami Adi Sankaracharya

-
Image
======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/03/2020. VIVEKACHOODAMANI VOLUME : 1. The PURPOSE of Human Life PART 1: (Verses 1-66, 66 No.) 1.3 THE MEANS TO LIBERATION (Verses 6-16, 11 No.) Verse-10. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 10: Start With Karma Yoga "Sannyasya sarva karmaani  bhava-bandha vimuktaye; yatyataam pandhitaih dheeraih  aatma abhyaasa upasthitaih." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 sannyasya sarva karmaani = Renouncing all actions motivated by desires, for the 2 bhava-bandha vimuktaye; = sake of liberation from the bonds of birth and death, 3 yatyataam pandhitaih dheeraih = may the wise and learned man
Read more